Christ, what a turd this was. Warring divorced parents conspire to ruin high-achieving daughter’s wedding to Balinese seaweed farmer, and learn about love on the way & end up together. To think we paid money in a cinema to watch
Senior Year
Few films can stand out as being “truly dire” – but this was one of them. Basically forcing the “different generation” trope as a woman who’s been in a coma for 20 years returns to her high school to complete
The Favourite
Starting as a fairly fun social climb tracking the inner machinations of Queen Anne’s rule this piece develops into a manipulative and then dark drama on trust, vulnerability, love and power. It’s a film that’ll mainly be remembered for the
Grosse Pointe Blank
Total 90s cornerstone, this. Was it the last time Dan Aykroyd played a character in a film that wasn’t just Dan Aykroyd? The thing that struck me most on this watch (other than the visible 90sisms which at the time
Tooth Fairy
We REALLY need to stop watching films just because they’ve got The Rock in them. Well, no, that’s not true. At least he didn’t get a khaki shirt on and stand around looking pissed off in a jungle in this
Jojo Rabbit
What a great little film! Although it’s pretty easy to see why it sat on top of a screenplay blacklist for years (getting made only when Taika Waititi became one of the hottest properties in Hollywood). A delightful piece about
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Nowhere near as bad as people might have you believe. Nostalgia’s a funny thing, though. Seeing a film make a nod to a TV show or film series seems reasonable, but seeing a slightly self-indulgent film making a nod to
Vacation (2015)
Talk about having your expectations blown away. On first blush this seemed like an unnecessary reboot of a beloved 80s comedy property. And then Holiday Road fired up to herald the opening credits, and you think “Could they, though?”. And
Roald Dahl’s The Witches
I’ll confess to only having seen about 40% of this, through a combination of drifting in & out of sleep on a flight, and being interrupted by the flight having to land. It seemed like a lot of fun though
Jungle Cruise
This film features opportunities for The Rock to stand in a jungle looking pissed off wearing a khaki shirt. Plenty-silly treasure caper, which whilst predictable (or at least, trope-heavy) was still a good fun ride. Chalk it up as one